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Friday, March 15, 2013

March 15 – Deuteronomy 11-13

Below are my thoughts from the daily
Bible reading of the West Side Church of Christ. Today’s reading comes from Deuteronomy
11-13. Before reading I invite you to pray and asked God to speak to you as you
read his word.

How much do you commit to God and the
life he has called you to live? Do you devote time each day to Him? I imagine
if you are a constant reader of this blog you are making an effort to spend
each day listening to the word of God. That is awesome. Keep it up.

Let me ask you, what lessons are you
teaching your children and grandchildren? Are you instilling in them the same
passion and desire that you have? Or are you conveying a mixed message to your
children … making sure they are in everything under the sun from dance, to
ball, to karate, to music lessons, to clubs, to 4-H to name your activity. Now
there is nothing wrong with any of those things. I think having well rounded
children who have experiences is a great thing. However, are those things
coming at the sacrifice of their relationship with Jesus Christ? If so then you
are conveying a mixed message.

Read these words again and think of
how you can implement these things in your own family…

"

Fix these
words of mine in your hearts and minds; tie them as symbols on your hands and
bind them on your foreheads. Teach them to your children, talking about them
when you sit at home and when you walk along the road, when you lie down and
when you get up. Write them on the doorframes of your houses and on your gates,
so that your days and the days of your children may be many in the land the
Lord swore to give your ancestors, as many as the days that the heavens are
above the earth.'' Deuteronomy 11:18-21 NIV

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